PSYC 3350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Moral Reasoning, Morality, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3350
• Professor: Francois Lalonde

Document Summary

Samuel huntington: argued that the fundamental source of conflict in the new world would not be primarily ideological or economic, but that the largest conflicts will be those that divide the world in cultural and religious terms (controversial) Secularization theory: holds that religion is on the decline, and that people around the world are discovering secular and rational ways to make sense of their lives. Three models to understand cultural variability: universalism: perspective that sees people from different cultures as largely the same, and that any observed cultural variability exists only at a superficial level, ex. Language- may seem to have a lot of variability, but it actually has a lot in common: chomsky: proposed the notion of a universal grammar seen in all languages. Evolutionist perspective met with most resistance: concerns whether one can objectively identify a standard. Enthnocentrism: leads ppl to assuming own culture is better or more natural than others.